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for procedures on public conduct during
advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology; HIT
Policy Committee Advisory Meeting;
Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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This notice announces a forthcoming
meeting of a public advisory committee
of the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology
(ONC). The meeting will be open to the
public.
Name of Committee: HIT Policy
Committee.
General Function of the Committee: To
provide recommendations to the National
Coordinator on a policy framework for the
development and adoption of a nationwide
health information technology infrastructure
that permits the electronic exchange and use
of health information as is consistent with
the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and that
includes recommendations on the areas in
which standards, implementation
specifications, and certification criteria are
needed.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held
on June 25, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m./
Eastern Time.
Location: TBD. Please check ONC Web site
for information on location.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the
National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–205–4528,
Fax: 202–690–6079, e-mail:
judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call the contact
person for up-to-date information on this
meeting. A notice in the Federal Register
about last minute modifications that impact
a previously announced advisory committee
meeting cannot always be published quickly
enough to provide timely notice.
Agenda: The committee will hear reports
from its workgroups, including the
Meaningful Use Workgroup, the
Certification/Adoption Workgroup, the NHIN
Workgroup, and the Privacy & Security
Policy Workgroup. ONC intends to make
background material available to the public
no later than two (2) business days prior to
the meeting. If ONC is unable to post the
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background material on its Web site prior to
the meeting, it will be made publicly
available at the location of the advisory
committee meeting, and the background
material will be posted on ONC’s Web site
after the meeting, at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may present
data, information, or views, orally or in
writing, on issues pending before the
committee. Written submissions may be
made to the contact person on or before June
18, 2010. Oral comments from the public will
be scheduled between approximately 3 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Time allotted for each presentation
is limited to three minutes. If the number of
speakers requesting to comment is greater
than can be reasonably accommodated
during the scheduled open public hearing
session, ONC will take written comments
after the meeting until close of business.
Persons attending ONC’s advisory
committee meetings are advised that the
agency is not responsible for providing
access to electrical outlets.
ONC welcomes the attendance of the
public at its advisory committee meetings.
Seating is limited at the location, and ONC
will make every effort to accommodate
persons with physical disabilities or special
needs. If you require special accommodations
due to a disability, please contact Judy
Sparrow at least seven (7) days in advance of
the meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly conduct
of its advisory committee meetings. Please
visit our Web site at https://healthit.hhs.gov
for procedures on public conduct during
advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology
HIT Policy Committee’s Workgroup
Meetings; Notice of Meetings
AGENCY: Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
This notice announces forthcoming
subcommittee meetings of a federal
advisory committee of the Office of the
National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The
meetings will be open to the public via
dial-in access only.
Name of Committees: HIT Policy
Committee’s Workgroups: Meaningful Use,
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Privacy & Security Policy, Adoption/
Certification, and Nationwide Health
Information Infrastructure (NHIN)
workgroups.
General Function of the Committee: To
provide recommendations to the National
Coordinator on a policy framework for the
development and adoption of a nationwide
health information technology infrastructure
that permits the electronic exchange and use
of health information as is consistent with
the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and that
includes recommendations on the areas in
which standards, implementation
specifications, and certification criteria are
needed.
Date and Time: The HIT Policy Committee
Workgroups will hold the following public
meetings during June 2010: June 4th
Meaningful Use Workgroup hearing on
disparities, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m./ET (location:
TBD); June 10th Privacy & Security Policy
Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m./ET; June 15th
NHIN Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m./ET; June
18th Certification/Adoption Workgroup, 10
a.m. to 12 p.m./ET; and June 28th Privacy &
Security Policy Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m./
ET.
Location: All workgroup meetings will be
available via webcast; for instructions on
how to listen via telephone or Web visit
https://healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC
Web site for additional information as it
becomes available.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the
National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–205–4528,
Fax: 202–690–6079, e-mail:
judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call the contact
person for up-to-date information on these
meetings. A notice in the Federal Register
about last minute modifications that effect a
previously announced advisory committee
meeting cannot always be published quickly
enough to provide timely notice.
Agenda: The workgroups will be
discussing issues related to their specific
subject matter, e.g., meaningful use, the
NHIN, privacy and security policy, or
adoption/certification. If background
materials are associated with the workgroup
meetings, they will be posted on ONC’s Web
site prior to the meeting at https://
healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may present
data, information, or views, orally or in
writing, on issues pending before the
workgroups. Written submissions may be
made to the contact person on or before two
days prior to the workgroups’ meeting date.
Oral comments from the public will be
scheduled at the conclusion of each
workgroup meeting. Time allotted for each
presentation will be limited to three minutes.
If the number of speakers requesting to
comment is greater than can be reasonably
accommodated during the scheduled open
public session, ONC will take written
comments after the meeting until close of
business on that day.
If you require special accommodations due
to a disability, please contact Judy Sparrow
at least seven (7) days in advance of the
meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly conduct
of its advisory committee meetings. Please
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visit our Web site at https://healthit.hhs.gov
for procedures on public conduct during
advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Assessing the Long-Term
Impacts of the John E. Fogarty
International Center’s Research and
Training Programs
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
John E. Fogarty International Center, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), will
publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
Proposed Collection
Title: Assessing the Long-Term
Impacts of the John E. Fogarty
International Center’s Research and
Training Programs.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: This study will inform
investment decisions and strategies
employed by the Fogarty International
Center for the purpose of strengthening
biomedical research capacity in low and
middle income countries. The primary
objective of the study is to develop
detailed case studies of the long-term
impacts of Fogarty’s research and
training programs on educational
institutions located in low and middle
income countries. The findings will
provide valuable information
concerning return on the Center’s
investments over the past twenty years
and effective strategies for promoting
research capacity development in the
future.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Type of Respondents: Current and
former NIH grantees; Current and former
NIH trainees in countries of interest;
Leaders and administrators at
institutions of interest; Policy-makers
and scientific leaders in countries of
interest.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
105 per institution; total of 10
institutions over five years.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Average Burden Hours per Response:
1 hour for interview participants; 2
hours for focus group participants.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours Requested: 290 and the
annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $4,841.
There are no Capital Costs to report.
There are no Operating or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Number of
institutions per
year
Number of
responses per
respondent
Interviews with U.S.-based principal investigators ..............
Focus groups with selected trainees and follow-on survey
Interviews with university leadership ...................................
Interviews with trainees .......................................................
Interviews with foreign grantees ..........................................
Interviews with foreign policy-makers/scientific leaders ......
20
40
4
13
20
8
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
40
160
8
26
40
16
Total ..............................................................................
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Number of
respondents/
participants
per institution
105
........................
........................
........................
290
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on one or more of the following points:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
via regular mail to Dr. Linda Kupfer,
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burden hours
per response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours
requested
Fogarty International Center, National
Institutes of Health, 16 Center Drive,
MSC 6705, Building 16, Room 202,
Bethesda, MD 20892 or via electronic
mail to kupferl@mail.nih.gov.
Dated: May 19, 2010.
Timothy J. Tosten,
Executive Officer, Office of Administrative
Management and International Services, John
E. Fogarty International Center, National
Institutes of Health.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Linda Kupfer,
Fogarty International Center, National
Institutes of Health, 16 Center Drive,
Building 16, Room 202, Bethesda, MD
20892, or call 301–496–1491 (this is not
a toll-free number), or E-mail your
request, including your address to:
kupferl@mail.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology
HIT Policy Committee's Workgroup Meetings; Notice of Meetings
AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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This notice announces forthcoming subcommittee meetings of a
federal advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meetings will be open to
the public via dial-in access only.
Name of Committees: HIT Policy Committee's Workgroups:
Meaningful Use, Privacy & Security Policy, Adoption/Certification,
and Nationwide Health Information Infrastructure (NHIN) workgroups.
General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to
the National Coordinator on a policy framework for the development
and adoption of a nationwide health information technology
infrastructure that permits the electronic exchange and use of
health information as is consistent with the Federal Health IT
Strategic Plan and that includes recommendations on the areas in
which standards, implementation specifications, and certification
criteria are needed.
Date and Time: The HIT Policy Committee Workgroups will hold the
following public meetings during June 2010: June 4th Meaningful Use
Workgroup hearing on disparities, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m./ET (location:
TBD); June 10th Privacy & Security Policy Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 4
p.m./ET; June 15th NHIN Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m./ET; June 18th
Certification/Adoption Workgroup, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m./ET; and June
28th Privacy & Security Policy Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m./ET.
Location: All workgroup meetings will be available via webcast;
for instructions on how to listen via telephone or Web visit https://healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC Web site for additional
information as it becomes available.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the National
Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-205-
4528, Fax: 202-690-6079, e-mail: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call
the contact person for up-to-date information on these meetings. A
notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that
effect a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot
always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice.
Agenda: The workgroups will be discussing issues related to
their specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful use, the NHIN,
privacy and security policy, or adoption/certification. If
background materials are associated with the workgroup meetings,
they will be posted on ONC's Web site prior to the meeting at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the
workgroups. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on
or before two days prior to the workgroups' meeting date. Oral
comments from the public will be scheduled at the conclusion of each
workgroup meeting. Time allotted for each presentation will be
limited to three minutes. If the number of speakers requesting to
comment is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the
scheduled open public session, ONC will take written comments after
the meeting until close of business on that day.
If you require special accommodations due to a disability,
please contact Judy Sparrow at least seven (7) days in advance of
the meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory
committee meetings. Please
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visit our Web site at https://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures on
public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-12715 Filed 5-26-10; 8:45 am]
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